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-- Sam Altman, founder of Loopt
Great, free e-books on venture financing

(via navajeet; read “Fixing Venture Capital”, this overview is dead-on)

“…the process of raising money is so horrible compared to the other aspects of business. You can’t work your way out of it like you can with other problems. You’re at other people’s mercy.” - Paul Graham”
 on retaining control; from http://www.survivalware.com/

 on retaining control; from http://www.survivalware.com/


VC investing in India increases by 166%

navajeet:

VC’s invested $928 million in 80 deals in the Indian market last year. In 2006 $349 million was invested in 36 deals. 48% ($384 million, 38 deals) of the $928 mill went to IT companies, business-consumer-retail got $346 million (30 deals), healtcare got $100 million (7 deals). Median size of the round was about $9 million in 2007 as compared to $8.7 million in 2006.

 via

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Should I Outsource My Fundraising?

- blog post from www.askthevc.com